STEC-Integrated Management

Engineering Technology Research Center of Urban Infrastructure Renewal
Technology Innovation Center of Digital Shield Engineering
Safety Science Center
Shared Service Center
Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Center
New Material Center

“Traditional scientific efforts move toward scientific projects, technology needs toward market needs, and product studies toward product transformation.” An expert committee and innovative decision committee have been established for the "innovation resource docking" and "innovation project incubation" innovative service all-in-one open innovative platform. Four major functional mechanisms, such as innovation planning promotion platform, innovation R&D management platform, innovation incubation service platform, scientific and technological finance support platform, have been formed to provide an industrial chain of one-stop innovation implementations including innovation planning, R&D, incubation and capital.

Engineering Technology Research Center of Urban Infrastructure Renewal

Shanghai is an international megacity. Urban renewal is becoming the main way of functional shift and upgrade in case of the negative growth of urban construction land. Urban infrastructure is gradually growing from incremental construction into stock transformation and upgrade. The first national ministerial and provincial-level engineering technology center with urban infrastructure renewal as the main research content - “Shanghai Engineering Technology Research Center of Urban Infrastructure Renewal” applied by the company is approved. Relying on the urban infrastructure renewal and intelligent operation and management decision-making consultation expert team of the China Civil Engineering Society, the Center successfully declared for the 2022 decision-making consultation expert team construction test unit of the China Association for Science and Technology, and carries out a research on the megacity infrastructure renewal and intelligent operation mode against the context of digital transformation.

Based on the concept of the life-cycle management of urban infrastructure, the Center marshals all the resources of the group, whose business covers multi-fields including road, bridge and tunnel pipe network, as well as the whole industry chain of planning, design, construction, operation, investment and financing; allied with Tongji University and Shanghai University, the industrial chain of urban renewal is extended to the sociological side and the information field starting from the urban planning aspect. On the basis of the industry closed loop that operational data runs through the whole industry chain, we build a replicable, promotable, referential, and demonstrable urban renewal technology system, and provide infrastructure renewal services that run through the full life circle and cover the whole industry chain by introducing the concept of overall urban planning, the perspective of humanities and social sciences, and intelligent empowerment system.

According to the technology developments of the urban infrastructure renewal field and the need for an organized center, combined with the strengths and basis of the organized unit, the main content of engineering technology development is determined as follows:

The construction of the engineering center will include building a technology service platform and technology exchange platform in Shanghai that leads the whole country with international view. Depending on the resource advantages of the Tunnel Share, we struggle to foster the new industries and enterprises that are standardized, characterized, scaled and efficient.

Technology Innovation Center of Digital Shield Engineering

The engineering construction of shield tunnels reflects the comprehensive development level of a nations civil engineering and transportation. Traditional shield tunnels easily result that quality accidents and construction risks occur frequently. Digital shields, combined with the intelligent technology of shields, have very strong advantages in improving the quality, efficiency and safety of tunnel construction. On February 18, 2022, Shanghai Technology Innovation Center of Digital Shield Engineering (hereinafter referred to as the "Center") was established relying on Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co., Ltd. upon the approval of the Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology.
Relying on the Internet, big data and other new generation of information technologies, the Center is devoted to breaking through core technologies and creating standards for the intelligent construction of shield tunnels to form model machines and realize the industrial application of technologies surrounding the intelligent perception, intelligent cognition, intelligent decision and intelligent control of shield tunnel construction on the basis of the company’s existing massive data of "domestic shield industrialization base" and "shield control center", which greatly improves project quality and shield tunnel drivage efficiency, reduces construction risks to the greatest extent, and constantly promotes the intelligent construction level of shield tunnels.

The Center is an innovative platform that uses AI technology to empower transportation infrastructure, which is conducive to helping the digital intelligent development of the tunnel industry, promoting the capacity upgrade of the tunnel construction industry, and accelerating the efficient and high-quality sustainable development of urban underground space.
According to the technology developments of the digital shield engineering field and the need for an organized center, combined with the strengths and basis of the organized unit, the main content of engineering technological innovation is determined as follows:

The Center carries out an in-depth study of the technical standards, shield equipment, intelligent construction and auxiliary system of digital shield surrounding intelligent perception, intelligent cognition, intelligent decision and intelligent control, and forms the intelligent construction standards, technologies, processes and equipment of shield tunnels.

The "Center" will be data-oriented and break through the "bottleneck" of the core technology of technological innovation to accelerate the explosive release of accumulative effect and application potentials. Guided by major scientific and technical projects, the Center promotes the mutual participation, mutual input and outcomes sharing of industry-college-institute cooperation to provide higher-level technological innovation dynamics for realizing high-quality development. It can improve the digital, network-based and intelligent developmental level of the shield tunnel industry, promoting the radical transformation of enterprise form.

Safety Science Center

The safety of urban infrastructure construction and operation is significant for citizens to acquire the sense of achievement, well-being and security. As a large state-owned enterprise in Shanghai, STEC undertakes the full-cycle and full-industry chain services such as investment, design, construction, operation and maintenance of urban construction projects. In order to implement a holistic approach to national security, practice a people-centered approach to development, fend off and defuse major security risks, maintain the harmony and stability of the overall social situation, and ensure coordination in pursuing development and upholding security, STEC establishes a safety science center standing on the forefront of the industry, and carries out comprehensive and forward-looking exploration and research in terms of the safety governance system. The establishment of the center will effectively promote the innovative transformation and safe development of STEC in “the 14th five-year Plan”, improve the safety control capability of the safety management system, promote to form a safety culture, and lead the whole supply chain to achieve “essential safety”.

The center will coordinate the safety-oriented management and technical research as well as safety publicity and exchange, and improve the quality of production safety management of enterprises by taking full advantage of the platform. STEC will implement its new development concept in the new development stage, improve the risk management and control of the whole-cycle industry chain and form a new pattern of safe development with stable production and operation and good safety performance. The positive promotion of production safety exchanges will also increase the safety level of the whole industry.

According to the current production safety situation and the necessity of establishing the center, considering the advantages and foundation of STEC, the main work contents of the safety science center are determined as follows:

The center will be built into an open scientific research platform, and achieve full-chain scientific research services relying on multi-department support and the coordination of resources on the industrial chain. The center will focus on the strategic planning of the group, stand on the forefront of production safety in the industry, realize the integration of resources inside and outside the group, expand cooperative research with universities, scientific research institutes and consulting institutions, and popularize and apply the research results to the production management of the group and its subsidiaries so as to give impetus to the safety development of STEC and an increase in the safety level of industry.

Shared Service Center

The founding of the shared service center is an important measure to implement “the 14th five-year plan” strategy of STEC. It aims to help the group upgrade from an “integrated service provider with initial coordination of internal industrial chain” to an “urban construction and operation resource integrator with comprehensive coordination and integration of internal and external resources”, which is an overall plan. The center will give impetus to strengthen the innovation consciousness of the group headquarters, focus on value creation, improve the level of delicacy management, coordinate internal and external resources, and lead the high-quality development of subordinate industries. The establishment of the shared service center will be committed to the centralization, standardization and specialization of services, as well as “sharing” and “service”, so as to achieve economies of scale, integrate the resource layer, and provide resource guarantee for the group’s professional line management.

The architecture of the central organization

Currently, the shared service center is a subordinate organization of the HR department, and it has set up human resources sharing module and legal affairs sharing module.

Its management structure is shown below:

The shared service center will pay attention to “sharing” and “service”, mainly follow the idea of “breaking through from the key point and expanding step by step” to carry out the business, and start from urgent tasks, such as coordinating the group recruitment. Meanwhile, the center will assist the headquarters department to sort out the content and process of the work, identify what need to be “controlled” and “served”, so as to make the service more professional, enhance the service awareness and improve the service ability.

The shared service center will be guided by the comprehensive implementation of the company’s development strategy and improve the “unity, professionalism and scale” of the service. It will not only explore the reform of the management mode, but also boldly use new technologies and information tools. The center will strive to achieve three promotions in terms of the service energy level, the employee experience, and the customer satisfaction, to become a reliable partner for headquarter departments and subsidiaries.

Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Center

Technology Innovation Center for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality was founded by Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co., Ltd. on December 20, 2022. The establishment of the Technology Innovation Center is a major strategic decision taken by TEC after China announcing the goals to peak its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2060, which is a huge opportunity for TEC to make a difference by serving on the implementation of China's major strategies, and fully implementing the strategic plans of China’s dual carbon goals. TEC takes its responsibility to guide the innovation in the implementation of carbon neutrality measures standard of urban infrastructure, key technology breakthroughs, etc. Meanwhile, the establishment of the Technology Innovation Center is also an important measure for the community with a shared future for mankind and global sustainable development.

Technology Innovation Center for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality of TEC aims at leading the development of core low-carbon technologies in infrastructure and new energy fields, and comprehensively enhancing core competitiveness in “Carbon”. To support the present and lead the future, the center adheres the concept of “Break through quickly and “Develop expertise in time”. Based on the five municipal infrastructure fields of TEC, “Green energy, green municipal administration, green construction, green environment and green operation”, the center makes decisions and plans for the main aspects and the main problems of science and technology. With the focus on development strategies and strategic technology trends in the next five years, the center plans to foster new theory, new approach, new technology, new process, and new material (the six news), in order to promote the commercialization of scientific and technological advances.

The science and innovation system of TEC dual carbon center is shown in the following figure. Make decisions and plans based on “Green energy, green municipal administration, green construction, green environment and green operation”, the five municipal infrastructure fields; commercialize achievements in scientific research in six new fields such as new theory, new approach, new technology, new process, and new material:

Build “123” work system of TEC dual carbon research center

Technology Innovation Center for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality devotes its attention to leading the development of core low-carbon technologies in infrastructure and new energy fields, and comprehensively enhancing core competitiveness in “Carbon”. It offers science and technology support for TEC to achieve its medium-and-long term strategic business layout and market exploitation with the objective for carbon dioxide peaking and carbon neutrality. It strives to promote low-carbon development of municipal infrastructure life cycle, achieve the technology- and capital-driven development, and support the industry incubation and innovation through technology and innovation.

New Material Center

The new requirement of green, and low-carbon development in urban infrastructure is proposed by the 14th Five-Year plan and China’s dual carbon goals. New material always plays an important role in the construction of “people’s city”, and also reflects the future of the city as an essential application practice carrier. To promote the coordinated development of new material and urban infrastructure industry chain, and support industry reform through material innovation, TEC Technology and Innovation Center for Green and Low-Carbon Material was founded by Shanghai Urban Construction Ltd. (the “center”).

Driven by the demand for new material which could be applied in multiple fields and serves the whole industry chain of TEC urban infrastructure (investment, design, construction, material, and transportation), the “center” integrates various resources such as colleges and universities, research institutions, association unions, central and local state-owned enterprises, foreign investment and private enterprises, in order to research on the green and low-carbon development of materials. It combines the hard technology development of new material with soft science research of multiple dimension (business model, development tendency, low-carbon inventory, and downsizing for efficiency). It also introduces the philosophy of AI and Brilliant Factory into production management, promotes the interaction between innovation research and the demand of industry chain, and optimizes the whole chain innovation system from technical research and development to achievement transformation. The “center” is committed to provide the total solution to green and low-carbon new material for pursuing the construction concept of people’s city.

To meet the urban infrastructure demand for the update of new material, the center conducts the research on special mortar and concrete, concrete component and part, traffic pavement material, waterproof and repairing material, material data, and integrated material. Following the principle of low-carbon design, it designs new material, new technology, new process, new product and new equipment.

The establishment of TEC Technology and Innovation Center for Green and Low-Carbon Material is based on the urban infrastructure demand for the update of new material. It will research and develop a batch of new design, new technology, new process and new equipment to accelerate the industrial technology reform of TEC engineering; it will create a leading innovation platform of engineering materials integration; it will constantly improve the consulting service ability of the overall solution to new materials, and promote the technology innovation transformation of the material sector.